St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-19

conspiracy maintained by criminals and
dynamiters. The bill was justified by
nothing in the condition of Ireland. The
bOycOtting practiced by the Irish people
arose naturally from gross insults.
Sexton. continuing, said it was absurd to
attempt to suppress body SO strong in the
hearts of the Irish and
so POWERFULLY SUPPORTED
in Ireland and America as the league.
which, so far from being accessory to and
an inciter of crime. was leader In putting
it down. If the bill passed it would hap
PLY hasten the ruin of the government
The day which saw the downfall of the
government would witness the cessation Of
coercion. [Cheers. Lord Harrington. on
rising. was greeted with cheers. He said
the house had heard only the answer which
Sexton thought necessary and sufficient to
meet the charges against him and his
friends made chiefly not within but outside
the house. Could the house accept that
answer as sufficient? Was the bare denial
Of the existence of any proof any kind of
response at all to make to the evidence sup
porting the accusation? Cheers. He
himself had publicly declared that there
was connection between the Irish party in
parliament and the Fenian association in
America, and he had expected that Parnell,
when parliament met, would deny the ac-
cusatons lately made.
Parnell Interrupted: 81 stated it was false.
I say so STILL [Cheers.l
Lord Hartington-Blankd denial in the face
OF opposing truth is worth nothing. The
statements made in the Times have been
widely circulated and never been shown to
be wrong, and the letter printed in this morn
1ng's Times justified every syllable uttered in
the assertion that the Irish party was iden-
titled with the Fenian society,"
Parnell-Will not Lord Harrington give bis
reasons for supposing these gentlemen
(Brennan and Sullivaul to be leaders of the
remains in America? I do not know them as
such.
Hartington-My belief is based upon knowl-
edge acquired when I was last in office.
lCheers. Can Parnell deny knowing that
Alexander Sullivan has been the leader of
the Clan-na-Gael? Sexton has alleged as a
reason why criminal action was not raised
against the papers that there was an impossi-
bility of getting fair verdict from British
jury.
THAT EXCUSE
is not one that will have any weight with the
people in face Of so grave and persistent inn
putations. The country will not fail to
attach due weight to the fact that the Irish
members Shirked the opportunity for disprov-
ing these charges under oath. 1t has not
been denied that Parnell and Sexton have
been members Of the league with Egan,
Brennan. Boynton and Sheridan. Sexton has
denied that Egan and Sheridan were on the
executive committee, but not that they were
among the chief organizers of the league.
SeXton-They were never anything of the
kind.
Hartington-They were prominent mem
berS then. The assertion of the Times is that
some OF these men advocated assassination
and that others were implicated in conspir-
acy o murder,
Dlllon-Two of these gentlemen acted under
me. / was the chief organizer of the Land
League. When did they make speeches ad-
vocating murder?
HartingtOn-Iu 1881. Continuing. Harting-
ton said he would not make himself RESPONSE
BILE for statements in the Times. but would
quote them. Itwas open to the Parnelltes
to disprove them If they thought it possible
to do SO. Cheers.
THE LAND LEAGUE
and National League received large sums
collected in America through the agency of
the Irish World paper. which openly advo-
Gated dynamite and assassination. 1t had been
stated that 7. P. OConnor was In communi-
cation with Ford and that when the American
Land League was founded, having for its
promoters Egan, Brennan, Sheridan, Dayton
and Sullivan. telegram from Parnell to the
convention acknowledged it to be the most
representative meeting ever assembled to
express Irish opinion.
I. p. OConnor-Why do you not mention
that was present at the Chicago convention
of 1888, sitting between O'Donovan Rosa and
Ford, and suggest that by my silence I ap-
proved new campaign Of murder and arson
in England? Cheers.
Harrington said he had not noticed that in
the Times. but he had seen it asserted that
OConnor was in 1883 in communication with
Ford
''THAT WAS LIE
shouted OConnor
Rartington-These charges were criminal
libels if untrue, exposing the paper to crimi-
nal prosecution, yet no prosecution was ven
tured upon. Cheers. Harrington proceeded,
deprecating the prolonged discussion of the
bill. The Liberals who opposed coercion ex-
cused themselves on the ground now that
they are home rulers and must oppose
coercion. But that was no reason for the
country which had Enthusiastically pronounced
against home rule at the last election 1t
was enough for parliament to be convinced
that the law did not prevail in Ireland and
that league law was superseding ordinary
law. 1t was certain that the government
would succeed in restoring the authority of
law. 1t was impossible that the government
of great country should be permanently
paraly zed by the Vaccinations of secret So
cieties. Cheers.
GLADSTONE,
upon rising, was cheered. He said if the
bill passed, the political subscriptions from
America which some of the speakers con-
demned. would likely increase; not Irish
subscriptions alone, but these humane con-
tributiOns which were rejecting such q
splendid light upon America. He and his
supporters had been charged with incon-
sistency in proposing coercion in former
times and opposing it now. He might ad-
nit feeling of shame over the facture of
coercion, but he did not refuse the lessons
OF experience. Cheers. He believed,
and so, seemingly, did the Conservatives
of 1885, that though coercion in 1882 less
ened the amount of crime, it made the
Irish more determined than ever to COM
bine. Finding no permanent result from
that course, the Liberals looked to some
other The mandate given at the last
election was to govern Ireland
WITHOUT COERCION.
When the Liberals passed the coercion bill
they passed remedial measures also. Were
the governments remedial proposals a
reality or imposture? (Cheers.) He would
withdraw that expression and say illusion.
(Laughter.) Did the government intend to
stand or fall by their relief bill. Before
they went to division tonight he hoped and |
they would give clear, unmis- !
taxable. unequivocal answer to that ques- |
ton. Gladstone complained Cnat the gov |
ernment had withheld from parliament |
regarding the state of crime
in Ireland, of which there had been no suf-
ficient increase to justify the bill. The |
only increase was in menacing letters. |
Were these outrages? "a voice: "Yes'') |
Then he had been subject to thousands of |
outrages Qaughter), but they were always
by what was known as "the |
loyal law abiding party of Ireland" Par-
nelIite cheers.) They proceeded from
THE MOST PIoUS PERSONS
in the kingdom mostly at the time of the